Courtney Love has been burgled! Dead-husband-identity-theft burgled! And that's why she couldn't pay her bills a couple of years ago, officer, not because she put all of her bills, bank statements, and checks into a food processor, ground them up, and mixed in an array of her favorite narcotics for a truly unique high. According to PageSix.com:
Fraudsters have used dead grunge god Kurt Cobain's Social Security number to purchase a $3.2 million mansion and two cars ó and get 188 credit cards, his widow Courtney Love, who is working with California police, has revealed."I knew it had been going on since when I went cuckoo ó bananas ó in 2003," Courtney, 43, told The Sun in London. "It was fraud after fraud. But nobody believed me until now. I did a check on my deceased husbandís Social Security number and he has a house in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He bought it last year. I would like to know how. He should probably get his a** back home if that is the case."
The former Hole frontwoman, who, all in the span of 2003 (the year she believes the thefts began) lost custody of her daughter, Frances Bean, overdosed on drugs and was arrested, is now working with California police and forensic accountants to help with the investigation.
Thieves have also stolen $72.5 million from the trust fund set up for Frances Bean. The late Nirvana star's estate earns about $42 million each year, most of which goes into the 15-year-old's trust fund.
"Taking a child's money and future is a really horrible thing," Courtney said.
Stealing from a kid sound's really bad and all, but we have a hunch that $42 mil a year will keep her in ramen noodles and Chuck Taylors well through her college years. Call us optimistic.
Of course, this is Courtney Love we're talking about here, so naturally TMZ claims that she's nuttier than Cisco Adler's jockey shorts.
Reports surfaced over the weekend that Courtney Love went to the LAPD to report she's the victim of a massive identity theft. But sources tell TMZ Courtney is simply (and possibly medically) delusional.According to The Sun, Courtney claimed the identity thieves got 188 credit cards in her name, stole checks and bought cars. We've confirmed Love did make the trek to the Van Nuys division of the LAPD to make a report last week, but sources tell us they are not taking it seriously, one source adding, "it never happened."
We're told mentally, Courtney has been on the rocks. We found out she's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder — this could explain Courtney's latest blogs which are impossible to decipher.
Bottom line — we're told law enforcement thinks the identity fraud is in Courtney's mind.
What kind of thoughts did you think were kicking around up there all day? Concern over Katrina refugees? How to improve her recipe for chicken Kiev? Opinions on the state of modern poetry?
Courtney can always return to the warm embrace of onscreen nudity if she needs some scratch. Witness her previous attempts at MrSkin.com.
